Tony nominee and upcomingTootsie star Santino Fontana is donning drag in the iconic Patrick Swayze role of Vida in a workshop of the previously announced new musical adaptation of the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, reportsThe New York Post. The stage show features a book by screenwriter and Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane (who collaborated with Fontana on Broadway's Cinderella) and a score by Lewis Flinn. Beane is directing the workshop.

To Wong Foo follows three drag queens whose car breaks down when traveling cross-country, leaving them abandoned in a small town. In addition to Swayze, the film boasted a cast featuring Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing and Blythe Danner.